The Dragon And The Pony Side Stories: Parents Of Fluff.

With dad taking Big Softy on their little outing, me and mom began collecting the dishes while Never put away the bowl of gems that hadn’t been eaten. While I wasn’t the biggest fan of doing the dishes, occasionally finding some way to get Big Softy to cover them for me, I hadn’t been home in so long that I felt I should spend as much time with everyone as I could.

“So, uh, how did you and your, uh, dragon… friend meet exactly?” The way Never seemed to be asking me made it sound like he was expecting me to explode on him.

I just sighed as I placed the dishes I was carrying into the sink and turned on the water. “Yes, he is my dragonfriend, but if that’s too hard just call him my mate. And I would appreciate it if you could just get over the fact that I am dating a dragon.”

“I kind of already have. My issue is that he kind of seems to want to kill me! Or am I misremembering last night?”

I turned to face him and glared. “Well, you did barge into my room without warning, and were sort of threatening to attack whoever was responsible for getting me pregnant. Or am I misremembering last night?” Never opened his mouth to respond, but quickly closed it and turned away blushing.

I sighed yet again and turned back to the dishes and picked up the sponge to start scrubbing them. “As for your question. I met him when I was trying to find a lost civilization. I made some poor decisions by trying to pull a fast one on a gang of griffins and they didn’t take it too well. Long story short, I saw him come into the bar where the gang and I were having our disagreement, I roped him in by saying we were dating since he looked scary enough to get the gang to back down, he played along and convinced them to let me go and have an actual date with him, and from there we sort of hit it off.”

“So you're telling me you saw a random guy, a dragon no less, and what, you told the griffins you were dating him?”

“Not… quite.” I was slightly clenching my teeth at that. It was a valid question, just, not one I was expecting. “I sort of called over to him and apologized for missing our date.”

While my eyes were fixed on the dishes I was washing, I would tell that both Mom and Never were giving me that look.

Never was the first to recover. “Oh, I’m sorry. So you saw a random dragon, one you knew nothing about, thought to yourself, ‘yeah, I know, I’ll say we’re dating, this is smart idea’, and you place all your faith in him just going with it. Yeah, that’s the smartest thing I’ve heard you do in a long time.”

Never sort of had a point, but that didn't mean I wouldn’t take offense. “And how you met your marefriend was any better. You didn’t know what lives in the gorge, you did something equally stupid and could have put someone at risk.”

“It was just a cactus cat. It wasn’t going to hurt anyone.”

I turned to face Never and fixed him with an incredulous glare. “And did you know this before you ‘saved’ your marefriend?”

Never turned beat red, realizing for the second time in our conversation that I had used the same logic he was using to point out the hypocrisy. Never just turned towards the pantry and quickly walked over to it in silence. In all likelihood, he was going to start getting everything for lunch prepared to avoid having his words used against him a third time.

“Well, I’m still curious about what your dragonfriend is like.” The tone of my mother’s voice made it quite obvious that she desperately wanted us to stop fighting about our current love lives. “He seems like he’s quite protective.”

“Yeah, he is, but he means well.” I turned back to the dishes, putting the dish I had been washing on the counter so mom could put it in the dishwasher. “I think he just gets a little overzealous since I’m two-thirds his size, but it might just be him being a dragon.”

“Well I for one find him quite charming. He’s very affectionate. Is he always like that?”

I snickered at my mom. “I’m sorry mom but he’s already spoken for. And I don't think Dad would appreciate you dumping him for his son-in-law.” This earned me a chuckle from her. “And yes, he’s always like that, more so when we’re in his lair. If he isn't cuddling me or making us meals, he’s always up to something. It doesn't hurt that he has access to all the flowers he could ever want.”

“I can certainly believe that.” My mom sounded rather happy as she said this, but when she continued, her tone was a little more mischievous. “So, tell me, was it his wings that convinced you to consider making him your special someone?”

I looked over to my mom with a raised eyebrow. “What do his wings have to do with anything?”

My mom just smiled. “Oh, don't act so innocent, I know you know wing size is a good sign of a stallion with more to give.” She then bumped her hip against mine. “I already know he’s quite the virile one.”

I don't know if I turned pale or if I blushed harder than ever before after hearing that. In that moment, the shock of hearing my mom ask me how big my mate was when it came to what he had between his legs was just too much. I just looked over at her with my mouth agape, unable to come up with the right words.

I eventually came back to my senses and looked at her in horror. “What? Mom… seriously? You're asking that?”

Never sputtered before joining in. “Uh, yeah Mom, I’m kind of here too you know.”

“Oh, don’t be so dramatic. It’s not like you've been trying to keep it very secret. I saw Never practically run down the stairs last night and into one of the guest bedrooms. I figured your mate probably threatened him again and was not about to have that in my house. After I finished with the dishes, I went up to knock on your door and set some things straight with him, but as I was about to, I couldn't help but hear you two going at it. And I must say, based on the moans I heard, I’m guessing he is quite blessed indeed. I’m not surprised Never came rushing down after hearing that.”

“Aaand I’m going.” Never was blushing like mad as he just about bolted out of the room, leaving everything he was working on in a disorganized mess.

I, on the other hoof, couldn’t move. How could I? My mother had just told me she had not only heard me and Black Death having sex, but that our little act was loud enough that she could clearly make out what was going on. I just stood there and looked in the vague area where my mom should be.

Mom laughed at this development. “Hahaha, I’m glad you and your dragonfriend have a baby on the way. If this is how your brother responds to what goes on in the bedroom, I’m not sure he’ll be giving me and your father any grandchildren.”

My mom eventually noticed my catatonic state and bumped me with her hip again before continuing with her typical easy-going tone. “Come on, Danger, I was just trying to yank your chain a little. I’m happy that you two are so loving. Celestia knows your father and I weren’t much different when we first met.”

I could feel my face heat up after she said this, my embarrassment boiling over. “It’s just… Mom, you're my mom, it’s just kind of…”

“Uncomfortable talking to me about you and your mate having sex and me hearing it?” My mom sounded slightly sympathetic to my plight.

“Yeah.”

“I understand, but you're an adult now, Danger, that means you’re able to make your own choices. You don't need to be afraid of talking to me about anything. You’re also pregnant, I sort of know how that happens. Or did you forget that I have two kids?”

I turned back to the dishes and continued to work on them. “I know, it’s just… weird knowing you… heard that.”

“I’m not going to lie, while I appreciate you two not informing the whole house about what you were doing, I am not too happy about you two going at it while you’re here.” Her tone had become extremely serious, a far cry from what it had been just a few minutes ago. “I would appreciate it if you wouldn’t get too friendly while you’re here. I’m not a big fan of the possibility of your room smelling like sex for the next few weeks.”

“Okay.” While I was happy she wasn’t angry with me and Black Death, It was going to be a little difficult, but mostly strange, to start being so open with her about my life. “I’m sorry about last night. I wanted me and Big Softy’s stay to be a little less exciting, it’s just that I’ve just been getting so needy lately, it's just so hard to keep my hooves to myself.”

“I take it you and him are making love quite often then?”

“Yeah. It’s sort of become part of our morning routine.” For some reason, saying it out loud to my mom just made me feel a little ashamed, like I was admitting to doing something bad.

“I’m glad to hear that you two are enjoying each other's company.” My mom quickly returned to her usual tone. “So then, seeing as your brother is gone and you know we can just talk now, I really need to know; how is your dragonfriend when it comes to his downstairs?”

“He’s… good. Probably a bit bigger than a stallion.” I was doing my best to make my mom happy, but I would have preferred it if she would not ask for me to go over my entire sex life.

“Oh, that must be nice. Are you two being careful? You are pregnant after all.”

“Yeah, we are. We make sure not to let things get too crazy.”

I noticed my mom look back at me as a sly smile crept across her muzzle out of the corner of my eye. “Well, I think I’ve pried enough for now. Looking at you, I’m sure your father would think you’ve come down with a fever.”

I breathed a sigh of relief at that. Hopefully I won’t have to field any more questions about me and Black Death for the rest of the day. If I’m lucky, she won’t ask about anything else that private for quite a while.

“So, on a less serious note, I do have to say, I’m quite disappointed in you.” I scrunched up my face as my mom said this, especially with how jovial she sounded. How was this not serious? “I really wish you two would have held off on having a child. Your father and I would have loved pestering you two to finally get around to giving us a grandfoal or two whenever we got together. You know how much parents love that. I feel a little betrayed that you two took that away from us.”

I laughed at my mom. She definitely knew how to bring a smile to my face, and it was much appreciated after how uncomfortable she had been making things for the last few minutes. “Tell you what. Why don't you nag us about giving you a new grandfoal after we’ve gotten comfortable with the one? That way you and dad can have your fun with bothering us every time we meet.”

“You know, I think that sounds like a lovely idea. I do need to ask though, do the two of you have enough space in your dragonfriends lair for a family? I know you two said it was comfortable, but you never explained what it’s like.”

“Well…” I spent what felt like the next hour going over every detail of Black Death’s lair, what the two of us did when we weren’t having sex, and explaining to her that the two of us were doing just fine and didn’t need their help with anything just yet. Despite how nosy she was, I couldn’t deny that I had sort of started to miss her perpetual prying when I was away.